Hi all, I am wanting to get another plane to replace my x-models whisper, which I had a lot of fun with, but want to replace now! I am contemplating either an Aeromod Aldij, which is a known entity to me, or a Vladmirs Models Mini Graphite, which is not. I am leaning towards the MG as I do not have the time to spend building the Aldij, and am not so sure about cutting the control surfaces out of the wings etc.... - seems to be a lot of effort, and also the finish of these planes is not so good. I have a Prodij and am extremely happy with it, but it is not my show plane! Also the Aldij is going to cost me a little more than I planned on spending. So my question is this - is the MG a good plane, I hear there is Kevlar in the Composite - is this in only the Fuselage, or also in the wing skins?? Is this plane stronger than the x-models whisper and how does it compare to an Opus in terms of strength? This is important, as our slopes are not the best in terms of landing - we do not have nice grass to land on!!

Thanks
S.

You know you want the Aldij. Marty has just finished his new one and is having a ball with it. Malcolm had his at red hill on sunday going realy well, they are much more suited to our rough landing areas than a hollow moulded ship.

Hey Gus - yeah I do, BUT I don't want the building job - cutting the wings - gives me the heebies just thinking about it - what if you go wrong????

S.

Cutting and hinging is a bit of a chore, but worth it in the end, the deluxe pre hinged stuff is awesome but a little on the pricey side. Marty and Steve have done a couple of them, and had a look at how Marty was doing his latest one. Seems like a lot of work, but once started seem to go quite quickly, just a bit of a pain doin all the epoxy and micro balloon fillets etc.
Hope we get some good lift the week end, going to have a jol with the MF if it blows.

Cheers,

Gus

What no one else got any advice?
Sandy, see you later


Gus

Seems not - obviously in their part of the world, the Aldij comes "Optimal" as standard!!! Sigh - Eric told me they don't even bring in the ARF version, as everyone complained about the price difference!!!

See ya Later!

S.

Got some prices from Mark on the Voltij. rather steep.

Gus if you want to get ballpark prices for Aeromod gear - Eric told me to go to Aeromod's site, get the price there in Euros, convert it and add14% - should be closeish to what you might pay here! Which makes the voltij - 310Euros = R2331.43, plus 14% = R2700 odd!!

S.

I think I am goint to try sell a kidney on E-Bay to fund all the things that I want, Voltij, 40% Carden Extra & DA 150, Aldij and the list continues

OK Guys - just so you know, I went for the Aldij - got one from the Importer here, with finished Control surfaces, for the SAME price as the other one!!! YEHAH - he also gave me a hardware kit with it!!! Maidened it yesterday, after a few late nights building - jeez setting the tail is tricky - getting the 110 deg and then the incidence, which I set to 0deg - anyway, it flew like a charm - I am very happy!!! This is one awsome plane!!

-Sandy

Great news. The guys at Aeromod really know what they are doing...